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Title: Rondebosch members of Conscientious Objectors, Cape Town
Subject: Rondebosch (Cape Town, South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Conscientious objection, South African Defence Force, Apartheid
Description: Making a stand - Pioneering objector Dr Anton Eberhard, an energy researcher at the University of Cape Town (UCT), speaks at the Rondebosch meeting of 152 conscientious objectors yesterday. Similar meetings were held throughout South Africa in a national campaign against conscription.
Identifier: islandora:18098

Title: Land claim for District Six, Cape Town
Subject: District Six (Cape Town, South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Forced removals, South Africa. Group Areas Act, 1950, Post-apartheid era
Description: Derelict land: Abdul Ebrahim hopes to reclaim five large undeveloped plots in District Six where his family once lived.
Identifier: islandora:18004

Title: Black Sash members protest, Cape Town
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Apartheid, Anti-apartheid activists, Forced removals (South Africa), Black Sash (Society)
Description: Black Sash members protest, Cape Town.
Identifier: islandora:16058

Title: Security forces, Modderdam Road forced removal, Cape Town
Subject: Bellville (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Townships, Apartheid, Housing, South Africa. Group Areas Act, 1950, Forced removals (South Africa)
Description: Police and dogs out in force during the bulldozing of Modderdam Road squatter camp
Identifier: islandora:16837

Title: Moravian Church in District Six , Cape Town
Subject: District Six (Cape Town, South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Apartheid, Forced removals (South Africa), Religion, South Africa. Group Areas Act, 1950
Description: Mother Church ... This neo-classical 1886 basilica in District Six, with its bell tower and pedimented portica resting on three Dorian pillars, is the mother church of the Moravian Bretheren in the Cape.
Identifier: islandora:17993

Title: Bloemhof resident, Cape Town
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Apartheid, Forced removals (South Africa), South Africa. Group Areas Act, 1950
Description: Mrs Esther Feder and her family have lived at Bloemhof for generations. With her is her great granddaughter, Rene, 5.
Identifier: islandora:17985

Title: Protesting students, Cape Town
Subject: Rondebosch (Cape Town, South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), South African Defence Force, Politics, Apartheid, Demonstrations, Youth
Description: Taking a stand - Rush-hour motorists making their way home along De Waal Drive past the University of Cape Town (UCT) campus yesterday were met with the sight of these students demonstrating with placards.
Identifier: islandora:18088

Title: Former District Six residents, Cape Town
Subject: District Six (Cape Town, South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Forced removals, South Africa. Group Areas Act, 1950, Post-apartheid era
Description: Nostalgic: Community worker, Tahir Levy, leads former residents of District Six on a nostalgic visit through a flattened area near Aspeling Street mosque.
Identifier: islandora:18003

Title: Police booth at the festival highlighting drugs, Cape Town
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Entertainment events, Entertainers, Festivals, Armed forces, Narcotics
Description: Police stand at Republic Festival.
Identifier: islandora:16174

Title: Artists at End Conscription Campaign "peace call-up", Cape Town
Subject: New Crossroads (Cape Town, South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Conscientious objection, South African Defence Force, Apartheid, End Conscription Campaign (South Africa)
Description: Peace painters - Two artists at an End Conscription Campaign "peace call-up" yesterday paint a mural at the Educare Centre, a crèche in New Crossroads.
Identifier: islandora:18090

Title: Rev. Karl August inside his church in District Six, Cape Town
Subject: District Six (Cape Town, South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Apartheid, Forced removals (South Africa), Religion, South Africa. Group Areas Act, 1950
Description: The Rev. Karl August inside his church. The Moravian Chapel in Ashley Street was built in 1884. Its pastor, the Rev. Karl August hopes to build another chapel in Hanover Park. 'We can never replace the history of this chapel,' he says.
Identifier: islandora:17988

Title: Volkskerk in District Six, Cape Town
Subject: District Six (Cape Town, South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Apartheid, Forced removals (South Africa), Religion, South Africa. Group Areas Act, 1950
Description: People stood in the doorway of the packed Volkskerk in District Six yesterday to hear the final service.
Identifier: islandora:17996

Title: Armed forces stand for the opening ceremony, Cape Town
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Apartheid, Politics, Armed forces
Description: Coloured Coloured Representative Council (CRC) opening.
Identifier: islandora:15986

Title: Sea Point MP in church at District Six, Cape Town
Subject: District Six (Cape Town, South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Apartheid, Forced removals, Religion, South Africa. Group Areas Act, 1950
Description: MP for Sea Point, and his wife, Joyce, were among the hundreds at a religious service and public meeting at the Holy Cross Church in - Street last night to commemorate the 'death' of District Six.
Identifier: islandora:17995

Title: End Conscription Campaign, Cape Town
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Conscientious objection, South African Defence Force, Apartheid, End Conscription Campaign (South Africa),
Description: End Conscription Campaign.
Identifier: islandora:18096

Title: Young men announce intention not to serve SADF, Cape Town
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), South African Defence Force, Politics, Apartheid, Demonstrations
Description: Refusing to serve - These young men announced their intention yesterday not to serve in the South African Defence Force (SADF). They are (back, from left) Peter Hope, Michael Briggs, David Green, Mark Behr, Glenn Goosen, Michael Rautenbach, Jean du Plessis, Luke Cornell, Timothy Honey, Pieter van der Riet and David Waddilove; (front, from left) Crispian Olver, Jaco Malan, Andrew Merrifield, Bernard Le Roux, Dr Ivan Toms, Jonathan Melunsky, Jonathan Shapiro, Nathan Honey, Andries du Toit and Ben Schoeman. Two other groups members, David Schmidt and Robert Snetlage, were not present at the meeting.
Identifier: islandora:18087

Title: Military parade, Bellville, Cape Town
Subject: Bellville (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Soldiers, Apartheid, South African Defence Force, Militarisation, Security forces
Description: Military parade in Bellville, Cape Town, in the late 1970s
Identifier: islandora:16833

Title: Crowds of people watch the Military procession pass, Cape Town
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Entertainment events, Entertainers, Festivals, Armed forces
Description: South Africa celebrated her 10th year as a republic in May. There were many spectacular sights during the festival - such as a military procession at Goodwood.
Identifier: islandora:16176

Title: Pickets from the ANC Observatory branch, Cape Town
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Demonstrations, Politics, South African Defence Force
Description: On the offensive: Pickets from the African National Congress Observatory branch face one of the sentries outside the Castle during a protest against the Defence Force's role in the region and against the "continued racist call-up".
Identifier: islandora:17886

Title: Members of the Ministers Fraternal in District Six, Cape Town
Subject: District Six (Cape Town, South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Apartheid, Forced removals (South Africa), Religion, South Africa. Group Areas Act, 1950
Description: Members of the Ministers Fraternal, standing in a part of District Six that has been cleared by bulldozers, from left: the Rev. Karel August of the Moravian Church, the Rev. John Paulse (Anglican), and the Rev. Basil Van Rensburg of the Holy Cross Roman Catholic Church.
Identifier: islandora:17991

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